[43] 6. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the Veḷuvana, at the Kalandakanivāpa. Now on that occasion the Venerable Mahākassapa was dwelling in the Pipphali Cave, afflicted, suffering, gravely ill. Then at a later time the Venerable Mahākassapa recovered from that illness. And when he had recovered from that illness, this thought occurred to the Venerable Mahākassapa: "Suppose I were to enter Rājagaha for alms."
Now on that occasion some five hundred deities (devatā) had become eagerly intent upon the Venerable Mahākassapa's obtaining of almsfood (piṇḍapāta). But the Venerable Mahākassapa, having refused those five hundred deities, dressed in the morning and, taking bowl and robe, entered Rājagaha for alms, along the streets of the poor, the streets of the wretched, the streets of the weavers. The Blessed One saw the Venerable Mahākassapa walking for alms in Rājagaha along the streets of the poor, the streets of the wretched, the streets of the weavers.
Then the Blessed One, having understood the meaning of this, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
"One who supports no other, who has fully understood,
who is tamed, established in the essence,
whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, whose faults are expelled —
him I call a brahmin (brāhmaṇa)."
The sixth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.